Dancers in body paint wait to take part in a performance during festivities marking the start of the annual harvest festival of "Onam" in the southern Indian city of Kochi September 7, 2013. The ten-day-long Hindu festival is celebrated annually in India's southern coastal state of Kerala to commemorate the return of King Mahabali to his beloved subjects. REUTERS/Sivaram V

Teachers and schoolchildren hold umbrellas as it rains while waiting to take part in the festivities marking the start of the annual harvest festival of "Onam" in the southern Indian city of Kochi September 7, 2013. The ten-day-long festival is celebrated annually in India's southern coastal state of Kerala to commemorate the return of King Mahabali to meet his beloved subjects. REUTERS/Sivaram V

Dancers perform as they take part in festivities marking the start of the annual harvest festival of "Onam" in the southern Indian city of Kochi September 7, 2013. The ten-day-long Hindu festival is celebrated annually in India's southern coastal state of Kerala to commemorate the return of King Mahabali to his beloved subjects. REUTERS/Sivaram V

A dancer in body paint gets ready for his performance during festivities marking the start of the annual harvest festival of "Onam" in the southern Indian city of Kochi September 7, 2013. The ten-day-long Hindu festival is celebrated annually in India's southern coastal state of Kerala to commemorate the return of King Mahabali to his beloved subjects. REUTERS/Sivaram V

Dancers in body paint wait to take part in a performance during the festivities marking the start of the annual harvest festival of "Onam" in the southern Indian city of Kochi September 7, 2013. The ten-day-long festival is celebrated annually in India's southern coastal state of Kerala to commemorate the return of King Mahabali to meet his beloved subjects. REUTERS/Sivaram V

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Dancers in body paint wait to take part in a performance during festivities marking the start of the annual harvest festival of "Onam" in the southern Indian city of Kochi September 7, 2013. The ten-day-long Hindu festival is celebrated annually in India's southern coastal state of Kerala to commemorate the return of King Mahabali to his beloved subjects. REUTERS/Sivaram V